Gluaiseacht

Gluaiseacht

Gluaiseacht for Global Justice is an all Ireland environment, peace and social justice group. "Gluaiseacht" means "movement" in the Irish language. The group believes in non-violent resistance to the current form of capitalist globalisation. It was originally a network of Ecological and One World Societies at universities and colleges throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Gluaiseacht has been involved in anti-nuclear protests at the Trident submarine base in Faslane, Scotland, [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/1022/breaking31.html MEP McKenna arrested at Scottish base] ] [ [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/irish-mep-and-students-arrested-during-big-antinuclear-protest-at-scottish-base-330441.html Irish MEP and students arrested during big anti-nuclear protest at Scottish base] ] and the Sellafield nuclear plant. [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/1219/breaking65.html Irish protestors due at opening of MOX plant] ] [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2002/0214/breaking57.html Eleven Irish arrested at Sellafield protest] ]

Gluaiseacht organised the 2002 Ecotopia gathering (an annual summer camp for activists in Europe) in association with EYFA [ cite news
last = Deegan
first = Gordon
title = In pursuit of a green Utopia
pages =
publisher = Irish Times
date = 2002-08-30
url = http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/features/2002/0813/1027742410204.html
accessdate = 2008-05-13 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.gluaiseacht.ie Gluaiseacht for Global Justice] , Official site


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